QuoteI'd rather have a poll about whether Myers thinks he's Ireland's answer to either a) Richard Littlejohn or b) Robert Kilroy? Either way I'm sure they'd be top of his invite list to a dream dinner party
I think this flag change has been discussed several times before on foot.ie.
Someone suggested we incorporate this http://www.webdesign-guru.co.uk/icon.../rain-icon.jpg in the potential new flag.
Sorry, it's Friday, my brain is fried and I couldn't resist...
I'd rather have a poll about whether Myers thinks he's Ireland's answer to either a) Richard Littlejohn or b) Robert Kilroy? Either way I'm sure they'd be top of his invite list to a dream dinner party
How about a return to the Cross of St. Patrick, a flag that neither communities on this island is insulted by.
"No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little." - Edmund Burke
Yeah, we could just cut it out of the Union Jack.Originally Posted by rebelarmyexile
In the modern era it also bears a striking similarity to a piece of road traffic signage.
...and a semaphore code.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
i have a radical suggestion , let's keep our flag. It looks great.
Was he crazy!! Yeah , in a very special way , an Irishman.
I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty;
I woke, and found that life was Duty.
Myers thinks we have let too many immigrants in? Well he was born in England so perhaps we should have kept him out. On that subject has anyone ever noticed how either foreign born mouthpieces (Myers) or the children of foreigners ( Michael Portillo former Tory MP in England) are among the most vociferous on the subject of immigration in these islands. Why is that?
Aesthetically it's a lot more pleasing than the Union Jack. I even prefer the George's Cross to that yolk!
This is just as stupid as the time when people wanted to change the anthem from Amhran na Bhfiann to something like Ireland's Call
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Am looking for old Irish matches on VHS, PM me if you have some and I'll upload them here
Thinking the flag is a bit dull doesn't warrant your jingoistic, bigoted, fascist reply.
But Kevin Myers does, the condescending príck.
Touché.
If you'd like to look up the definition of bigoted, you'll find it applies to the statement that someone who doesn't like a flag should "find another country to live in".
Frankly, your childish reply does nothing to improve my opinion of you.
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I may be alone in this I don't think the flag should be changed until such times that the territory it represents is changed. In other words in the event of a United Ireland I would consider changing it and not a moment before.
Ireland's call is cack. It's a poor tune in a boring pedestrian tempo. The Italian anthem is great as is the Argentinian one. They are stirring and inspirational.
To get back to Ireland's Call ;The lyrics are semi ok but the tune is boring. About as rousing as a lullaby.
The Bay City Rollers song Shang-A-Lang also written by Coulter is a better melody.
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